July 30, 2024 National Beef Packing Company is the latest food company to announce a settlement in an ongoing wage-fixing lawsuit, according to a notice filed in federal court Monday. The terms of the settlement have yet to be released as part of an ongoing lawsuit that alleged a group of food companies conducted “secret”…

Giles Stockton Op-Ed by Gilles Stockton, Montana Cattlemen’s Association Director Congress, and in particular the members of the House and Senate Agricultural Committees, should be ashamed of themselves. Voters should cull a few out this coming November because an entire year has passed and there is still no Farm Bill. It is looking likely that…

RCALF USA’s Bill Bullard to Speak at Marquette, Kansas Event RCALF USA’s Bill Bullard will be headlining a “Working Together for Better Prices” state meeting of Kansas National Farmers on August 7 at the Smoky Valley Distillery in Marquette, Kansas. Bullard will speak at a free catered noon luncheon. His topic will be “America’s Unprecedented…

Christine Ro – Jul. 25th 2024 Six families used to live on the same square mile as Barb Kalbach, near Dexter, Iowa. Now hers is the only one left. This farm has changed shape over the decades. She and her husband used to have a more diverse farm of corn, soy, pigs and cattle. But…

Hello Everyone, It’s been a while. Hope all is well. I kept wondering where all those progressive Texans have been hiding who once elected LBJ, Ann Richards and Jim Hightower. Looks like they’ve been there all along. Basel Musharbash hits the nail on the head. Great explanation of the Packers & Stockyards Act that places…

Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act helped boost two PA Dairy farmers’ yogurt business. Now its funding is at risk. Screenshot of the Painterland Farms in Tioga County By Sean Kitchen June 21, 2024 The Inflation Reduction Act helped two Northern Pennsylvania sisters expand their dairy farm and Icelandic yogurt business through the Farm Bill. Now that…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 25, 2024 Media Contact: Emma Nicolas, enicolas, 202-450-0094 Farm Action Releases Most Comprehensive Food and Agriculture Concentration Data, Announces Forthcoming Data Hub This data is the first piece of Farm Action’s new Food and Agriculture Consolidation Data Hub, which will include an in-depth research report to be published in September. MEXICO,…

Nicholas Shaxson July 22nd 2024 The UK has a huge problem with monopolies – yet taking conglomerates apart is not as hard as you might think. When British farmers protested outside the Houses of Parliament earlier this year, they sent 49 scarecrows, after a survey had found that 49% of UK fruit and vegetable farmers said…

Rodrigo Fernandez and Boris Schellekens Published on: 24 July 2024 In our new series of long reads, we examine the manifestation of monopoly power across various sectors and countries. We want to unravel the complex ties between corporate concentration and power, focusing on four key aspects: The power to extract profits. The power to distribute…

Open Markets’ executive director Barry Lynn was quoted in an article in The Verge dismissing vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance’s ostensible antitrust credentials. “VPs don’t set policy, presidents do,” Lynn said. “Bottom line is that Trump’s policies would destroy the federal government as we’ve known it since The Interstate Commerce Act of 1887. And if…